WRC News Toyota to be called ‘Gazoo Racing’ from WRC 2027 Almost two decades ago Akio Toyoda wanted to go racing. Toyota wasn’t so sure. He did it anyway. But he did it, respectfully, under the… Read more by David Evans January 7, 2026 3 min
WRC News Hyundai moves its test base from Finland to France Hyundai has switched the location of its permanent test site from Finland to the south of France. Having tested out of a central Finland base… Read more by David Evans January 6, 2026 2 min
WRC News Should Evans do things differently in 2026? Whether it was Albert Einstein’s initial thought or not, the general consideration is that doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different… Read more by David Evans January 4, 2026 2 min
WRC News Ogier says goodbye to his “hardest” competitor Sébastien Ogier wasn’t having it. He wasn’t prepared to stand by and watch his friend suffer. Putting the hood of his coat on his head,… Read more by David Evans December 30, 2025 3 min
Rally Features How MRF won on its Safari debut Standing on Vipingo Ridge, just north of Mombasa, reality bites hard for the MRF engineers. The ambient temperature is knocking on the door of 40… Read more by David Evans December 24, 2025 3 min
ARA Features Stryker one-make series coming to ARA in 2026 Standing on the shoulders of giants is never a bad thing. Just ask Sir Isaac Newton. Or Cole Powelson. It was Sir Isaac who first… Read more by David Evans December 23, 2025 5 min
WRC News Solberg: My dream is to be like Ogier History is about to repeat itself. Sébastien Ogier, brace yourself: the full force of a studious and single-minded Solberg is coming right at you. Rewind… Read more by David Evans December 23, 2025 2 min
ARA News Toyota develops GR Corolla RC2 for ARA More than a quarter of a century since the last one, Toyota has developed a new Corolla rally car – and this one’s coming to… Read more by David Evans December 19, 2025 3 min
WRC News New constructor Project Rally One enters WRC 2027 The World Rally Championship has its first confirmed ‘constructor’ for the 2027 season, with former Citroën team principal Yves Matton jointly heading the development of… Read more by David Evans December 17, 2025 3 min
WRC News FIA closing on new WRC Promoter decision The FIA has told DirtFish it is entering ‘the closing stages’ of the tender process to find a new World Rally Championship promoter. News had… Read more by David Evans December 15, 2025 2 min
WRC Features What you didn’t know about a famous WRC debut Room for one more story about the 1985 RAC Rally? There is when you open McKlein’s stunning MG Metro 6R4 book and read Wynne Mitchell’s… Read more by David Evans December 15, 2025 5 min
WRC News Hyundai aiming to homologate brand-new Rally2 car for 2027 Cyril Abiteboul’s words were as precise as they were considered. The WRC27 train had, indeed, left the station. But the station wasn’t closed. “What can… Read more by David Evans December 13, 2025 3 min
ARA News ARC2 car Grönholm will develop is unveiled Two-time world champion Marcus Grönholm will join JRD Motorsport for the launch of the team’s all-new ARC2 rally car in Indianapolis on Thursday. The Georgia-based… Read more by David Evans December 11, 2025 2 min
WRC News FIA sets out requirements for WRC27 constructors The World Motor Sport Council has delivered more detail on the sporting structure of the 2027 World Rally Championship – including confirmation that a constructors’… Read more by David Evans December 10, 2025 3 min
WRC Features The WRC calendar that walls were made for If you don’t have a wall, there’s never been a better time to build one. And build it wide. And when you’ve built it, nail… Read more by David Evans December 10, 2025 1 min
WRC News Fourmaux believes he can win Monte Carlo Rally It was the throwaway question. The obvious one. Adrien Fourmaux’s a very intelligent guy. He wasn’t going to take the bait. In the end, his… Read more by David Evans December 9, 2025 3 min
WRC News What it would take for Tänak to return to WRC It’s better than never say never. It’s definitely maybe. Ott Tänak departed the World Rally Championship after last month’s Rally Saudi Arabia. Will he be… Read more by David Evans December 8, 2025 3 min
WRC Features How Paddon’s “unheard of” WRC return happened Thumbing the start button, the smile was back. Six years disappeared in the blink of an eye. The setting was a touch unusual, but it… Read more by David Evans December 5, 2025 3 min
